Little BigPaw Tender Duck & Vegetable Dinner Wet Food for Small Breed Dogs
Wet Chunks complete High meat Clear label
Is Little BigPaw Tender Duck & Vegetable Dinner Wet Food for Small Breed Dogs a good dog food?
We score it 75/100 (Good). This reflects the ingredient quality, composition and label transparency of the recipe as declared on the label.
Why this score?
This recipe achieves a total score of 75 out of 100 based on several factors. The overall quality of the ingredient list contributed +7.4 points and the meat content contributed +4.2 points. Additionally, printing percentages on the label added +3.2 points. Conversely, ingredients without printed percentages deducted -4.5 points from the final tally.
34% of this recipe has no printed percentage. Estimated shares are model estimates, not label facts.
- Recipe75
- NutritionalNot recorded
- Transparency58
- Safety100
- EvidenceNot recorded
The Recipe score measures how attractive and transparent the declared ingredient list is. It is not, by itself, proof that the food is nutritionally appropriate for long-term feeding. The Nutritional and Evidence scores measure what we can verify towards that stronger claim.
Complete wet food in chunks for dogs of all life stages, with duck, carrots and potatoes as the main ingredients.
Why you might choose it
- Meat makes up an estimated 36% of the dry matter (60% as fed).
- Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
- Doesn't list grain ingredients.
Why you might not
- No analytical breakdown is published.
Estimated composition
Typical analysis (as fed)
No analysis recorded yet.
Additives & feeding info
Nutritional additives
Nutritional Additives/kg: Vitamin A 3000IU, Vitamin D3 350IU, Vitamin E 40mg, Zinc (Zinc Sulphate, Monohydrate) 25mg, Iron (Iron Sulphate, Monohydrate) 20mg, Manganese (Manganous Sulphate, Monohydrate) 3.75mg.
Feeding guide
Up to 5kg 1 – 2 Pouch 5kg 2 – 4 Pouch Can be used as a topper for dry food.*This is a guide only. All dogs’ needs may vary depending on age, activity and temperament. Remove food from tray before feeding. All dogs need access to fresh drinking water at all times.Store in a cool dry place. After opening keep unused food in a lidded container. Keep refrigerated and use within 72 hours.
Who is this food for?
Suits
- Labelled by the manufacturer for all lifestages
- Labelling or feeding guide is aimed at small dogs
- Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
- Doesn't list chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, venison, pork as ingredients
Consider something else if:
- Your dog avoids fish: the label lists salmon oil
- Your dog avoids duck: the label lists duck
- You want a single-protein recipe: this one lists more than one animal protein
These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Use the homepage filter to find foods that fit your dog.
Ingredients (10)
| # | As declared | Matched | Category | Tier | Declared % | Est. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duck 60% | Duck | meat | medium | 60 | 60.0 |
| 2 | Dried Vegetables | Carrots | veg | good | - | 5.5 |
| 3 | 5.81% equivalent to 27% Potatoes | Potatoes | carb | medium | 5.81 | 5.8 |
| 4 | Peas and Carrots | Pea and Carrot Mix | veg | good | - | 5.1 |
| 5 | Minerals | Vitamins and minerals | supplement | medium | - | 4.8 |
| 6 | Sunflower Oil | Sunflower oil | oil | good | - | 4.4 |
| 7 | Salmon Oil | Salmon Oil | oil | good | - | 4.1 |
| 8 | Dried Tomato | Tomato | veg | good | - | 3.8 |
| 9 | Dried Kelp | Kelp | veg | good | - | 3.4 |
| 10 | Dried Basil. | Basil | veg | good | - | 3.1 |
Brand
- Website
- https://littlebigpaw.co.uk/
- [email protected]
- Contact page
- littlebigpaw.co.uk
Trust and provenance
- Recall history
- No recalls recorded in our database
- Label data last checked
- 2025-10-11
- Scored with
- Model v2 (methodology)
- Product page
- littlebigpaw.co.uk
Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.
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Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated
Scored with model v2 on 2026-09-22. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.
| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Average ingredient quality | 0.8 | 9.915 | +7.44 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 36.5% | 0.116 | +4.23 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 3.2% | -0.113 | -0.36 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 18.4% | -0.088 | -1.62 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 32.4% | -0.002 | -0.06 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 9.6% | -0.009 | -0.08 |
| Undeclared quantities | 34.2% | -0.131 | -4.48 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | yes | 3.194 | +3.19 |
| Complete diet | yes | 1.703 | +1.70 |
| High meat (30%+ of dry matter) | yes | -0.506 | -0.51 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 36.5 | -0.073 | -2.68 |
| Processing multiplier | 1.00 | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Processing: Wet Chunks | yes | 2.292 | +2.29 |
Show all 40 components
| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Average ingredient quality | 0.8 | 9.915 | +7.44 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 36.5% | 0.116 | +4.23 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 3.2% | -0.113 | -0.36 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 18.4% | -0.088 | -1.62 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 32.4% | -0.002 | -0.06 |
| Additive share of dry matter | 0.0% | 0.177 | +0.00 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 9.6% | -0.009 | -0.08 |
| Other share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.371 | +0.00 |
| Unrecognised share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.022 | +0.00 |
| Recipe graded poor | 0.0% | -0.045 | +0.00 |
| Poor-quality meat in recipe | 0.0% | -0.182 | +0.00 |
| Number of poor ingredients | 0 | -0.868 | +0.00 |
| Largest single poor ingredient | 0.0% | 0.056 | +0.00 |
| Undeclared quantities | 34.2% | -0.131 | -4.48 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | yes | 3.194 | +3.19 |
| Complete diet | yes | 1.703 | +1.70 |
| Frozen or chilled fresh | no | 11.440 | +0.00 |
| High meat (30%+ of dry matter) | yes | -0.506 | -0.51 |
| Low meat (under 10% of dry matter) | no | -1.988 | +0.00 |
| High carb and low meat | no | -1.250 | +0.00 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 36.5 | -0.073 | -2.68 |
| Meat share × fresh | 0.0 | -0.339 | +0.00 |
| Fresh × high meat | 0.0 | 16.475 | +0.00 |
| Additive penalty | 0.00 | 0.236 | +0.00 |
| Processing multiplier | 1.00 | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Processing: Raw | no | 13.322 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Chilled | no | 7.712 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Frozen | no | 6.583 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Refrigerated | no | 4.857 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Shelf | no | 0.072 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Freeze Dried | no | 11.127 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Air Dried | no | 9.320 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Cold Pressed | no | 4.569 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Baked | no | -2.321 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | no | -6.996 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Semi Moist | no | -6.833 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Muesli | no | -10.711 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Pate | no | 2.935 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Chunks | yes | 2.292 | +2.29 |
- Processing-type offset
- +0.01
- Additives declared on label
- +1 transparency bonus
- Subtotal
- 74.8
- Final score
- 75/100
Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges
Analytical constituents not declared
Transparency: what the label discloses
How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Ingredient list on the label (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Printed percentages on the label (65.8% of the recipe mass) (voluntary) | 13.2/20 |
| Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file | 0/15 |
| Additives declared (mandatory) | 5/10 |
| Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file | 0/5 |
| Complete/complementary designation (mandatory) | 5/5 |
| Feeding guidance given (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory) | 5/10 |
| Country of manufacture stated (voluntary) | 10/10 |
| Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file | 0/5 |
Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Analytical constituents declared, Batch and date labelling).
Safety: recall history
Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.
No recalls recorded in our database.
See all current recalls we track.
Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it
No on-pack claims on file: nothing to verify.
The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.
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